Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-30
TARIFF REFORM.
The Massachusetts League Ring the Required Changes Around the Ban. Quet Hoard.

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 The Massachusetts League Ring the
 Required Changes Around the Ban.
 Quet Hoard.
 BOSTON, Dec. 29.-The meeting and ban quet of the Massachusetts Tariff Reform 1 league at the Brunswick tonight were high | ly successful the arrangements being car- l ried out on the most elaborate scale. There
 was present large number of prominent politicians and government officials both
 from Massachusetts and elsewhere, among them being Hon. James Russell Lowell, Hon.
 Jesse Metcalf of Providence, Hon. Spencer I Borden of Fall River. Hon. J. M. Forbes, | Professor E. B. Andrews, General J. M.
 Corse, Hon. L. ". Reddington, Hon. Will liam E. Russell, Frank K Foster, George E. McNeill, Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Hon.
 John H. Rogers, Hon. George M. Stearns, CongressmeR w. 0. P. Breckenridge of Kentucky, w. L. Wilson of West Virginia,
 Senator J. T. Morgan of Alabama, General Hazard Stevens, Josiah Quincy and Harvey
 N. Shepard. After the banquet speeches were made which from an oratorical point of
 view were of high degree of excellence, and
 the doctrine of tariff reform was laid down
 in plain fashion, while President Cleveland's
 administration received 8 hearty endorse
 ment. Shortly before o'clock the guests
 and members began to arrive and at 5:45
 business meeting of the league was
 held. Colonel Charles R. Goldman
 presided and resolutions indorsing the mes-
 sage of President Cleveland were unanimous ly adopted. The following officers were then elected, after which the party proceeded to the banquet hall: President, Henry L Pierce; vice preside ents, James Russell Lowell, Will liam Endicott, jr.. Robert Bleakie, NJ. T. Ste vens, Charles R. Goldman, Augustus P. Mar fin T To,6a T,,1i T rick o. Prince, Joseph s. Ropes, Henry Lee M. D. Spauiding, B. F. Spinney, Charles A. Welch, Patrick A. Collins, J. B. Russell Da- 1 vid Aiken, J. w. Dunham, William E. Rus- | sell and William o. Blaney; secretary, Elm | erson R. Judd; treasurer, William Lloyd l Garrison; executive committee, Jerome Jones and fourteen others.
 It was o'clock when the gentlemen to the 1 number of 312 were seated in the banquet | hall and Rev. James Freeman Clarke, D. D., | invoked the divine blessing. After the ban l quet Hon. James Russell Lowell rapped the | meeting to order. At frequent intervals. in | his address Mrr Lowell was Interrupted by | storms of applause, while at the first refer | ence to President Cleveland Dr. William Ev- l erett, jr., proposed three cheers for Cleve- l land, which were given with will. Upon | concluding his speech MT. Lowell introduced l Hon. John T. Morgan, of Alabama, who ad vocated changes in the tariff. Congressman | Breckenridge of Kentucky, Hon. George M. l Stearns, Col. Charles R. Goldman, Congress- man Wilson of West Virginia, Congressman Rogers of Arkansas, Dr. William Everett 1 and w. H. Clifford of Portland followed in | brief addresses, while Rev. James Freeman Clarke, who had prepared speech, sought l shelter in his home owing to the lateness of the hour as it was past midnight when the gathering broke up.
 THE ECOMPANY RUNNING THE ROAD Knights of Labor will Not be Com
 suited Hereafter About the Readings
 AGairs-The Road in Working Order
 Again.
 READING, Pa., Dec. 2.-The Reading com- pany have about obtained all the help they need. Trains running on time and Super intendent Cable says he expected to send 3, 800 cars of coal and freight to Philadelphia tonight. The train hands on the Trackville branch have nearly all resumed work and c. M. Lawlor of the Maha- noy and Shamokin district telegraphs from Shamokin that he expects to have full com plement of men by tomorrow dozen en- gineers were sent from Philadelphia to 1 Shamokin to-day. Officers here say that the strike is over and do not anticipate the least trouble Superintendent Cable says the company is running the road now and that the Knights of Labor are not likely to be consulted hereafter.
 PorTsv1LLE, Pa., Dec. 29.-Palo Alto off ,ials say that fifty Knights of Labor men, old employees, returned voluntarily to work .o day and that the force is rapidly filling up with and old hands. Nine out of six 5een lecal coal engines worked to-day for the first time since the strike began. Every de- partment of the railroad including branches, planes, shops, etc., were. working. The only points north of Reading where there seems to be any hitch are at Palo Alto and 5nampkin.
 About two hundred and fifty delegates ! representing the Reading railroad and Coal and Iron company's employees at many points net in secret session here tonight and had aot adjourned up to a late hour. The ques- ion of endorsing Chairman Lees order 'evoking the order declaring the strike off is now under discussion, but no action has been taken. Chairman Lee of the executive committee says there will be strike in the Schuylkill and Wyoming region as well as ip he Lehigh region.
 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2s.-John L. Lee, chairman of the Knights of Labor assembly of the Reading railroad employees, was to day from Pottsville by General Super ntendent Sweigard and discharged from the service. Lee was machinist.